Gavrila Chelomeyev

Gavrila Chelomeyev (1778-1837) was a colonel of the Russian Empire.

Biography
Gavrila Chelomeyev was born in 1778 in Chernigov, Russian Empire (Chernihiv, Ukraine). Chelomeyev became a colonel in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars, and in 1812 he fought at the Battle of Wielbark against Prussia, winning a victory.